Notre Dame Beating USC Was Big For The Program

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00:04 >> We talked a lot about during a week, if you lose this game,

00:07 here's what it means.

00:09 But then we countered with if you win this game, here's what it means.

00:12 And I came into the game saying, look, you just gotta win, right?

00:16 You just gotta find a way to win.

00:17 Doesn't matter, I don't care if it's ugly, you just gotta win.

00:20 And then going, cuz we talked about this, you go into the bye week,

00:23 you rest up, you do some self scouting.

00:26 Cuz it's hard to self scout in the middle of the season when you're just constantly

00:29 just turning over ball games and game plans.

00:31 And finish strong, 10 and 2.

00:33 It's not the finish that maybe we hope for, you wanna be a,

00:37 all that stuff is true, right?

00:38 But you needed to get this win, right?

00:41 Can't change the past, you need to get this win, and then finish the year strong.

00:44 And then that's progressing in the right direction.

00:47 And I thought it would be a close game, but I said something on Thursday.

00:51 I said, it wouldn't shock me if Notre Dame came out and blew them out.

00:59 But I said to you on the phone, I didn't see it this way.

01:03 I didn't see it being a blowout like this.

01:07 I thought it was gonna be a shootout where Notre Dame just can't be stopped on

01:10 offense, the light goes on.

01:12 And Caleb does his thing and puts up his 31 or 35, and

01:16 Notre Dame just hangs a 50 something spot on USC.

01:19 I didn't see it coming this way.

01:21 And I think the way that the game went where it was the perfect

01:27 it was perfect for what Notre Dame needed.

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